Reporters Without Borders has published the World Press Freedom Index 2014.
The website of the organization says that Armenia is ranked 78th (-4). Azerbaijan is ranked 160th (-3), and the organization says that Russia's repressive legislation and communications surveillance methods are happily copied in Azerbaijan. Georgia is ranked 84th, Turkey - 154th, and Iran - 173rd.
The leaders are Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, Andorra, Liechtenstein, Denmark, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden.
The worst results are registered for Eritrea, (180th), Ethiopia, Turkmenistan, and Syria. The positions of Belarus and Russia remain unchanged (157th and 148th, respectively). Kazakhstan and Ukraine are ranked 161st (-1) 127th (-1), respectively.
The 2014 World Press Freedom Index spotlights the negative impact of conflicts on freedom of information and its protagonists. The ranking of some countries has also been affected by a tendency to interpret national security needs in an overly broad and abusive manner to the detriment of the right to inform and be informed. This year's index covers 180 countries, one more than last year.